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The Ucas website has a search tool to find courses, which you can find here, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
In July, two OpenAI models broke out of their testing environment to access the internet and hack the open-source AI tool provider Hugging Face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
To critique any tool, though, you have to be well versed in it, says Daniel Zhao, chief economist at Glassdoor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Airlines see it as a marketing tool for their higher-paying flyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He surged forward and tore at the rocky ground with his grinding tool; then he scooped the pieces into huge storage bins; then he surged forward again.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
The industry says an uptick in fraud, driven in part by fake claims enhanced with AI tools, is triggering more denials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Meditation and related practices have been used in cultures around the world for thousands of years as tools for health and well-being.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Other objects seized in the police sting included satellite phones, GPS devices, encrypted communication tools and satellite dishes.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Brigit's eyelids fluttered and Ella knew she was combing through everything. “...like vials and tools and one of those weird pocket-boxes...”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Even if Congress voted the funds tomorrow for 10,000 new interceptors, the metal and the gas would still have to be found, the workforce trained, and the production lines tooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
In return, Mexico offered to ship to Austria various objects from Maximilian’s ill-fated reign, including a gilded carriage in which he and his wife, Carlota, tooled around the capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023
Rowe started back up in July 2020 with a four-episode run of “Dirty Jobs: Rowe’d Trip,” in which he tooled around the country in an RV, and the main show returned in January 2022.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
On the doorstep at her feet there was a satchel made of finely tooled leather, drawn shut with a gold silk rope.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
But he warns that if training becomes too narrow, apprentices can end up lacking a proper understanding of materials, methods, tooling, quality and process.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Yet the only reason he’s out here racking up steps by the hundreds on a recent morning is because he was tooling around in his sculpture studio before I arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
But it does provide the tooling on top to make sure that the visuals are consistent across all the incoming generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
At a sprawling factory in Louisville, Ky., where Ford used to build gas-powered SUVs, crews are working to set up tooling and the new trio of assembly lines to build the EV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
They’d been tooling through Michigan, headed for New York City, got off the turnpike for gas, got lost on their way back to the highway and had headed into the 7-Eleven for directions.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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